Larkin
#3,645 for girls in 2025, 41 births · #3,379 for boys in 2025, 34 births
Given to boys 55.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 16 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,521since 1880
Larkin over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,645 | 41 | #3,379 | 34 |
| 2024 | #3,516 | 44 | #2,915 | 43 |
| 2023 | #3,274 | 49 | #2,769 | 46 |
| 2022 | #2,720 | 63 | #3,100 | 39 |
| 2021 | #2,638 | 65 | #2,819 | 44 |
| 2020 | #2,115 | 86 | #2,689 | 46 |
| 2019 | #2,140 | 87 | #2,188 | 64 |
| 2018 | #2,014 | 97 | #2,300 | 58 |
| 2017 | #2,035 | 96 | #2,319 | 56 |
| 2016 | #2,093 | 93 | #2,335 | 56 |
| 2015 | #2,236 | 84 | #2,766 | 43 |
| 2014 | #2,213 | 85 | #3,090 | 36 |
| 2013 | #2,726 | 63 | #3,060 | 36 |
| 2012 | #3,006 | 56 | #4,533 | 21 |
| 2011 | #3,496 | 45 | #3,510 | 30 |
| 2010 | #2,670 | 67 | #3,994 | 25 |
| 2009 | #2,568 | 72 | #3,332 | 33 |
| 2008 | #2,419 | 79 | #4,714 | 20 |
| 2007 | #2,117 | 95 | #3,793 | 27 |
| 2006 | #1,798 | 115 | #4,370 | 21 |
| 2005 | #4,487 | 30 | #3,447 | 28 |
| 2004 | #4,387 | 31 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #4,418 | 29 | #3,838 | 22 |
| 2002 | #4,071 | 31 | #4,703 | 16 |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 | #3,299 | 25 |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 | #4,197 | 16 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 | #4,451 | 14 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 | #4,022 | 16 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 | #3,482 | 12 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | — | #2,686 | 13 | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | — | |
| 1969 | — | #2,415 | 13 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,030 | 16 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | — | #2,780 | 9 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,310 | 13 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,539 | 11 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,876 | 19 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,042 | 16 | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | — | #1,953 | 17 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,019 | 16 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,091 | 15 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,979 | 16 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,706 | 20 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,630 | 22 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,615 | 22 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,904 | 16 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,701 | 19 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,820 | 17 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,487 | 24 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,733 | 19 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,884 | 15 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,852 | 14 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,370 | 24 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,529 | 21 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,042 | 13 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,633 | 18 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,802 | 15 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,636 | 17 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,901 | 14 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,756 | 16 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,062 | 12 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,246 | 11 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,425 | 23 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,995 | 14 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,589 | 20 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,964 | 15 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,933 | 16 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,611 | 22 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,692 | 21 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,296 | 31 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,493 | 25 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,577 | 24 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,213 | 35 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,222 | 35 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,829 | 19 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,300 | 31 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,297 | 30 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,404 | 26 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,528 | 22 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,335 | 26 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,306 | 26 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,300 | 21 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,441 | 14 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,118 | 9 | |
| 1909 | — | #951 | 10 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #1,253 | 5 | |
| 1905 | — | #699 | 12 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #685 | 10 | |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | #907 | 6 | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #628 | 10 | |
| 1888 | — | #580 | 12 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #694 | 8 | |
| 1885 | — | #604 | 10 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | #489 | 14 | |
| 1881 | — | #563 | 10 | |
| 1880 | — | #442 | 16 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Larkin was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 464 spots since 2024 (#2,915 → #3,379)
- 690 spots since 2020 (#2,689 → #3,379)
- 613 spots since 2015 (#2,766 → #3,379)
- Biggest jump: 354 spots in 1903 (#1,137 → #783)
- Biggest drop: 554 spots in 1906 (#699 → #1,253)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #442 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1880–1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,906
- Highest: 1 in 6,906 boys born in 1880 were named Larkin (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 50,238 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 16.9% of all boys named Larkin (425) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1996
- Mostly boys until 1995, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 92 | #442 (1880) | #627 |
| 1890s | 46 | #685 (1895) | #911 |
| 1900s | 49 | #699 (1905) | #974 |
| 1910s | 190 | #1,118 (1910) | #1,396 |
| 1920s | 259 | #1,213 (1923) | #1,517 |
| 1930s | 157 | #1,425 (1934) | #1,840 |
| 1940s | 180 | #1,370 (1944) | #1,715 |
| 1950s | 176 | #1,615 (1952) | #1,889 |
| 1960s | 129 | #1,876 (1961) | #2,379 |
| 1970s | 99 | #2,556 (1977) | #3,401 |
| 1980s | 109 | #3,401 (1985) | #3,916 |
| 1990s | 139 | #3,462 (1991) | #4,392 |
| 2000s | 219 | #3,299 (2000) | #4,238 |
| 2010s | 425 | #2,188 (2019) | #3,010 |
| 2020s | 252 | #2,689 (2020) | #2,945 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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